12 Things You Learn Rewatching The World Is Not Enough

By Jack Pooley / May 7, 2020

4. The Title Namedrop Is Insanely Cringe-Worthy

It's not at all uncommon for Bond movies to namedrop their own titles, though few instances feel as toe-curlingly laboured as the forced title mention in this film.

Elektra tells a restrained 007, "I could've given you the world", to which he replies, "the world is not enough." It doesn't even really sound like something Bond would organically say: it's just an attempt to get the movie's title in there somewhere, just in case audiences forgot what they were watching apparently.

While it's actually a pretty decent title for a Bond film - better than the end result deserves, really - its placement in the screenplay feels wince-inducingly clunky.